May 14, 2014 | British Library
The British Library has posted more than 1000 literacy treasures (manuscripts, diaries, letters and other materials) belonging to authors from the Romantic and Victoria periods: Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Bronte sisters, Oscar Wilde, Shelley and Wordsworth. There are newspaper clippings, adverts and photographs provide context for the time the authors lived in. This collection is available from a new website called Discovering Literature – http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians
British Library Press Release: http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/As-the-British-Library-posts-its-greatest-literary-treasures-online-new-research-reveals-that-young-6a2.aspx
